In the Tamamo Palace, incense smoke curled up from Beauty's stove, burning Concubine Li's favorite exquisite incense.
The fragrance is as beautiful as Li Fei herself.
On the short couch made of gold and ebony, Concubine Li was lying on it, leaning on the soft pillow and stretching her hands.
Beside the couch, a little palace maid with a flat bun was kneeling on the ground, holding a silver basin on her head.
There was warm milk mixed with white fungus glue in the basin. Li Fei used this stuff to soak her hands every day, then smeared her whole hands with suet oil, and wrapped her hands tightly with cotton cloth, leaving no gaps.
After a quarter of an hour, take off the cloth, wash your hands again with warm water and coriander powder, and then apply a layer of balm.
In this way, the skin on your hands will be delicate and white, like jade carvings.
Concubine Li has a beautiful appearance and a voluptuous figure, but the most eye-catching thing is her pair of slender hands.
Slender and white, soft as if boneless.
"Where has this girl Cuiqiao gone? Why hasn't she come back yet?" Li Fei asked slowly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Cui Qiao had already walked in from the outside.
"Empress..." There was something wrong with the look on Cuiqiao's face.
Li Fei raised her eyelids slightly and glanced at her, then lowered her eyes casually: "Come here and wipe my hands."
"Yes." Cuiqiao is her confidant, and she is very comfortable serving her.
"Go down!" Cuiqiao turned to the little palace maid and said.
"Have you gone to inquire about things over there?" Li Fei asked.
"Chun'er over there told me the day before yesterday that she had already done the thing. I haven't seen her again in the past two days, and I was a little worried that she had been caught.
I was just about to go over there to check things out, but before I even got there, I heard from elsewhere that Chun'er was crazy for some reason."
"Crazy? Is it true?" Li Fei frowned slightly.
"I heard that he has been sent to the clothing bureau outside." Cui Qiao said, "They say he is crazy and talks about gods and ghosts."
The laundry bureau in the palace is a place where clothes are washed for everyone, but the laundry bureau is not only located in the palace, but also outside, specializing in housing retired palace maids and eunuchs.
"Don't tell me that the other guy tortured her, right?" Li Fei looked a little dazed. When she narrowed her eyes slightly, she looked like a fox.
"This slave doesn't know, and I don't dare to make any assumptions." Cui Qiao said, "I just... don't know if she keeps her mouth shut."
"Then it depends on what Concubine Fu does next." Li Fei said and suddenly smiled, "I guess they can't figure it out. Concubine Fu and the people in front of her are not smart enough."
"According to our previous inference, if Concubine Fu didn't go to the queen to complain during this half day, the matter would probably have been hidden." Cui Qiao said while wrapping Concubine Li's hands in cotton.
"Concubine Fu is a good person, but she is too timid. Standing under the tree, she is afraid that the leaves will hit her head." Li Fei snorted coldly, her tone full of disdain for Concubine Fu.<
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"Yes, Concubine Fu is just lucky to have given birth to the fifth prince." Cui Qiao followed her master's words, "Otherwise, how can I compare with you in terms of beauty and scheming?"
Li Fei just smiled and said nothing.
After finishing her hands, she raised her slender fingers, held an orchid, and said proudly: "Now that Yao Ziyun has been granted the title of queen, he will use the queen's money instead of serving the emperor like before.
Yesterday I went to visit the Emperor and tried my best to help His Majesty relax his muscles and bones. Your Majesty said that my hand strength was just right and asked me to go there every day in the future."
"The empress is smart and the most sincere to your majesty. They say a friend in need is a friend indeed. When your majesty is unhappy, he will naturally know that the empress has recovered." Cui Qiao said with a smile.
"Okay, help me up and go to the emperor to serve me." Li Fei gently handed a hand to Cui Qiao.
In Ronghua Palace, the queen is sitting opposite Concubine Ying.
Concubine Ying said: "Sister, that vixen Concubine Li took advantage of the opportunity and went to serve the emperor.
That is a restless master, be careful of her causing mischief in front of His Majesty."
"I have seen enough of Concubine Li's methods. After all these years, if she is really capable, why would she be inferior to me today?" The queen smiled coldly, "She is just a fox who has just transformed into a human form. There is nothing to be afraid of."<
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"That's true. No matter how much Concubine Li can do, she doesn't have a son." After Concubine Ying finished speaking, she couldn't help but feel sad.
She must have thought of her prince who died young.
Concubine Ying is the queen's cousin. The two of them have played together since childhood, and when they grew up, they both entered the palace to serve the emperor.
Naturally, it cannot be compared with others.
"Don't be sad. In this palace, you and I are companions. What's mine is yours. I'm only more queen than you." The queen said and patted Concubine Ying's hand gently. "Thanks to my sister for so many years." Concubine Ying put her other hand on the queen's hand and said with emotion, "Otherwise, with my temperament, how could I sit on the throne?"
"You were born with a precious life, this is what you deserve." The queen said with a smile, "I just tried a little harder."
"I was thinking of discussing with my sister this morning. It's Concubine Fu's birthday in a few days, what should I give her?" Concubine Ying started a different topic.
After hearing this, the queen said: "Wei Zhong from Furong Palace came over this morning to say that their empress was ill. She had been struggling all night. I was just thinking about whether I should go over and have a look.
He also said that a young maid in their palace also suffered from hysteria and had been sent away."
"There is such a thing," Concubine Ying had just heard about it. "Concubine Fu has always been in good health. How can she be sick just because she is sick?"
"I asked Wei Zhong the same thing. I also asked the imperial doctor to come over and see how it goes in two days." The queen did not take this matter to heart. "Concubine Fu asked Wei Zhong to ask for instructions. Can she
The birthday banquet is waived."
"Why, are you so sick already?" Concubine Ying asked.
"Who knows," the queen said calmly, "Fei Fu has always been trouble-free, unlike others."
A few more days passed.
Concubine Li had time and asked the people in front of her: "How is Concubine Fu now? She said she was ill two days ago, but have she recovered in the past few days?
It's her birthday now, and I'm still waiting to join in the fun!"
"Empress, I heard that Concubine Fu went to the Queen's Palace in person to request that her birthday banquet be excused." said the maid on the side.
"What? When did it happen?" Li Fei's face darkened when she heard this, "Did the Queen agree?"
"It is said that the Queen has agreed." The palace maid quickly lowered her head.
"Where's Cuiqiao? Go and find out what's going on." Li Fei was unhappy.
She also planned to do something else at Concubine Fu's birthday party. She had planned it long ago, but who would have thought that it would come to nothing now.
Cuiqiao went away for half a day and came back and glanced timidly at Concubine Li.
Li Fei's eyes widened, and everyone except one Aunt Xia went out.
"Returning to your Majesty, I went out to inquire about it. Today, Madam Fu Fei really went to the Queen's Palace.
She said she got sick because of the two pots of peonies given by the Queen."